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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey

Rapist who threatened to kill victim’s date has sentence reviewed

Sean Robinson was given a five-year sentence for the attack.
Sean Robinson was given a five-year sentence for the attack. Photograph: North News/NNP/North News & Pictures Ltd northnews.co.uk

The government’s top law officials are reviewing a jail sentence handed to a man who forced a woman to have sex with him to save the life of a man with whom she was on a first date.

Downing Street said on Thursday the case of Sean Robinson had been referred to the attorney general’s office under the unduly lenient sentencing scheme after Robinson was given a five-year jail term for the attack.

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